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'''Rafiq Tağı''', born '''Rafig Nazir oglu Taghiyev''' (5 August 1950, ], ], ] — 23 November 2011, ], ]) was an ]i journalist who worked for ''Sanat'' newspaper until police arrested him and ''Sanat'' editor ] for "Europe and Us", an article that was deemed to be critical of ] and the ]. He was considered to be inciting racial hatred.<ref name="conviction">{{cite news |url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/5/53767d26-a8e1-46c9-8a93-87d6ad1da544.html |title=Azerbaijani Court Sentences Two Journalists |publisher=] |date=2007-05-04}}</ref> and sentenced to three years in prison. Released on a presidential pardon some months later he was assassinated in a car park. '''Rafiq Tağı''', born '''Rafig Nazir oglu Taghiyev''' (5 August 1950, ], ], ] — 23 November 2011, ], ]) was an ]i short story writer and a journalist who worked for ''Sanat'' newspaper until police arrested him and ''Sanat'' editor ] for "Europe and Us", an article that was deemed to be critical of ] and the Islamic prophet ]. He was considered to be ]<ref name="conviction">{{cite news |url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/5/53767d26-a8e1-46c9-8a93-87d6ad1da544.html |title=Azerbaijani Court Sentences Two Journalists |publisher=] |date=2007-05-04}}</ref> and sentenced to three years in prison. Released on a presidential pardon some months later he was assassinated in a car park.


==Biography== ==Biography==


Tağı was born in the village of Khoshchobanly in southern Azerbaijan. He graduated from the ] and worked as a physician in rural parts of Azerbaijan. He later received a degree in ] from the ]. Beginning in 1990, he worked at the Emergency Medical Services Hospital in Baku.<ref name="azadliq">{{ru icon}} . ''Radio Freedom''. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.</ref> Rafig Nazir oglu Taghiyev was born in the village of ], ], Azerbaijan. He graduated from the ] and worked as a physician in rural parts of Azerbaijan. He later received a degree in ] from the ]. Beginning in 1990, he worked at the Emergency Medical Services Hospital in Baku.<ref name="azadliq">{{in lang|ru}} . ''Radio Freedom''. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.</ref>


A journalist whose works have been published in both Azerbaijani and foreign media, Tağı over his career became particularly known as an author of six collected prose books and a number of controversial articles. His membership at the ] of which he had been a member for 16 years was revoked after he wrote a critical essay analysing social and political views of the renowned Soviet-era Azerbaijani poet ].<ref name="azadliq"/> Another article entitled ''Europe and Us'' published in 2006 in the newspaper ''Sanat'' provoked protests in ] and ], as well as a ] pronouncing the death penalty from ] ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6158195.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Iran issues fatwa on Azeri writer |author=Frances Harrison |date=2006-11-09}}</ref> A journalist whose works have been published in both Azerbaijani and foreign media, Tağı over his career became particularly known as an author of six collected prose books and a number of controversial articles. His membership at the ] of which he had been a member for 16 years was revoked after he wrote a critical essay analysing social and political views of the renowned Soviet-era Azerbaijani poet ].<ref name="azadliq"/> Another article entitled ''Europe and Us'' published in 2006 in the newspaper ''Sanat'' provoked protests in ] and ], as well as a ] pronouncing the death penalty from ] ].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6158195.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Iran issues fatwa on Azeri writer |author=Frances Harrison |date=2006-11-09}}</ref>


In 2006, some residents of the village of ], "a stronghold for Shia Islamists" in Azerbaijan, during their demonstrations demanded severe punishment for Tağı. Protesters carried placards saying "Death to Israel!" and all speeches were met with a loud "Allahu Akbar!" Hajiagha Nuriyev, chairman of Azerbaijan's unregistered ], said that Tağı was "acting on behalf of international Zionism and Armenia".<ref></ref> In 2006, some residents of the village of ], "a stronghold for Shia Islamists" in Azerbaijan, during their demonstrations demanded severe punishment for Tağı. Protesters carried placards saying "Death to Israel!" and all speeches were met with a loud "Allahu Akbar!" Hajiagha Nuriyev, chairman of Azerbaijan's unregistered ], said that Tağı was "acting on behalf of international Zionism and Armenia".<ref></ref>


In 2007 the Azerbaijan Court of Appeals in absentia of the culprits has rejected the appeals request filed by Tağı and editor Sadagatoglu. He was accused of promoting religious hatred and was sentenced to four years in jail by for instigating religious hostility. After 8 months of imprisonment with a presidential pardon, he was released.<ref>{{ru icon}} . 28 December 2007</ref> In 2007 the Azerbaijan Court of Appeals in absentia of the culprits has rejected the appeals request filed by Tağı and editor Sadagatoglu. He was accused of promoting religious hatred and was sentenced to four years in jail by for instigating religious hostility. After 8 months of imprisonment with a presidential pardon, he was released.<ref>{{in lang|ru}} . 28 December 2007</ref>


He was a member of the Free Writers Union, and regular writer of Alatoran literary magazine.
=== Assassination ===


==Death==
Rafiq Tağı died on 23 November 2011 of a knife injury received on 19 November in a car park near his home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.rsf.org/journalist-critical-of-islam-dies-23-11-2011,41447.html |title=Journalist critical of Islam dies four days after being stabbed by attacker - Reporters Without Borders |publisher=En.rsf.org |date= |accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref> In an interview held just one day prior to his death, Rafiq Tağı stated the attack could be an act of retaliation for the article ''Iran and the Inevitability of Globalization'' he had published on 10 November 2011 and in which he criticised Iranian president ] for "discrediting Islam."<ref>{{ru icon}} Ilgar Rasul. . ''Radio Free Europe''. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.</ref> Rafiq Tağı died on 23 November 2011 by stabbing received on 19 November in a car park near his home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.rsf.org/journalist-critical-of-islam-dies-23-11-2011,41447.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127055715/http://en.rsf.org/journalist-critical-of-islam-dies-23-11-2011,41447.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 27, 2011 |title=Journalist critical of Islam dies four days after being stabbed by attacker - Reporters Without Borders |publisher=En.rsf.org |date= |accessdate=2011-11-23}}</ref> In an interview held just one day prior to his death, Rafiq Tağı stated the attack could be an act of retaliation for the article ''Iran and the Inevitability of Globalization'' he had published on 10 November 2011 and in which he criticised Iranian president ] for "discrediting Islam."<ref>{{in lang|ru}} Ilgar Rasul. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124123549/http://www.radioazadlyg.org/content/article/24398750.html |date=2011-11-24 }}. ''Radio Free Europe''. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.</ref>


Tağı's family voiced concerns that no one had been held liable for the murder within a week from the event and informed of their intention to sue the Ministry of Health and the chief physicial of the clinic where Tağı had died for negligence causing death. In addition, they announced their plans to seek political asylum in one of the Western countries.<ref>{{ru icon}} Rauf Orujov, Rauf Mirgadirov. . ''Zerkalo''. 29 November 2011.</ref> Tağı's family voiced concerns that no one had been held liable for the murder within a week from the event and informed of their intention to sue the Ministry of Health and the chief physician of the clinic where Tağı had died for negligence causing death. In addition, they announced their plans to seek political asylum in one of the Western countries.<ref>{{in lang|ru}} Rauf Orujov, Rauf Mirgadirov. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219052659/http://www.zerkalo.az/2011-11-29/politics/25068-rafiktagi-iran |date=2011-12-19 }}. ''Zerkalo''. 29 November 2011.</ref>


On 15 December 2011, the ] passed a resolution in which it condemned the murder of Rafiq Tağı. On 15 December 2011, the ] passed a resolution in which it condemned the murder of Rafiq Tağı.


==Reaction in Iran== ==Reaction==
⚫ The Iranian embassy in Baku denied all allegations that Iran was somehow linked to the assassination and called them "ungrounded."<ref>. ''Washington Post''. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.</ref>


===In Azerbaijan===
⚫ On his website, ayatollah Mohammad Javad Lankarani, the son of the fatwa-issuing ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani who himself died in 2007, published a statement in which he praised the killers for "sending the reprobate who insulted the prophet to hell" and was assured that Muslim youths would not let "the intrigues of global imperialism and Zionism be carried on."<ref>{{fa icon}} . 28 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.</ref>
Investigative journalist and Tağı's fellow columnist ] blames the assassination on radical Islamists who are working closely with Iran's secret intelligence.<ref>. Gunaz TV.</ref>

Whistleblower ] believes Ministry of National Security general Akif Chovdarov is responsible for the assassination.<ref name="azeriru">. ''Azeri.ru''. 22 April 2013.</ref>

===In Iran===
⚫ The Iranian embassy in Baku denied all allegations that Iran was somehow linked to the assassination and called them "ungrounded."<ref>. ''Washington Post''. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.</ref>

⚫ On his website, ayatollah Mohammad Javad Lankarani, the son of the fatwa-issuing ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani who himself died in 2007, published a statement in which he praised the killers for "sending the reprobate who insulted the prophet to hell" and was assured that Muslim youths would not let "the intrigues of global imperialism and Zionism be carried on."<ref>{{in lang|fa}} . 28 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.</ref>
In this case, the dissident jurist, Mohsen Kadivar, engaged in a heated moral and legal debate over the legitimacy of the Fatwa with the son of the recently deceased Ayatollah. He argued that the Fatwa its extraterritorial enforcement was inhumane, sacrilegious, and unconstitutional.


==See also== ==See also==
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== Bibliography ==

* Kadivar, Mohsen. Blasphemy and Apostasy in Islam: Debates in Shi'a Jurisprudence. United Kingdom, Edinburgh University Press, 2023.


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Latest revision as of 02:32, 11 November 2024

"Rafig Taghiyev" redirects here. For other people named 'Taghiyev', see Taghiyev.

Rafiq Tağı, born Rafig Nazir oglu Taghiyev (5 August 1950, Khoshchobanly, Masally District, Azerbaijan — 23 November 2011, Baku, Azerbaijan) was an Azerbaijani short story writer and a journalist who worked for Sanat newspaper until police arrested him and Sanat editor Samir Sadagatoglu for "Europe and Us", an article that was deemed to be critical of Islam and the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was considered to be inciting racial hatred and sentenced to three years in prison. Released on a presidential pardon some months later he was assassinated in a car park.

Biography

Rafig Nazir oglu Taghiyev was born in the village of Khoshchobanly, Masally District, Azerbaijan. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Medical University and worked as a physician in rural parts of Azerbaijan. He later received a degree in cardiology from the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University. Beginning in 1990, he worked at the Emergency Medical Services Hospital in Baku.

A journalist whose works have been published in both Azerbaijani and foreign media, Tağı over his career became particularly known as an author of six collected prose books and a number of controversial articles. His membership at the Writers' Union of Azerbaijan of which he had been a member for 16 years was revoked after he wrote a critical essay analysing social and political views of the renowned Soviet-era Azerbaijani poet Samad Vurghun. Another article entitled Europe and Us published in 2006 in the newspaper Sanat provoked protests in Azerbaijan and Iran, as well as a fatwa pronouncing the death penalty from Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani.

In 2006, some residents of the village of Nardaran, "a stronghold for Shia Islamists" in Azerbaijan, during their demonstrations demanded severe punishment for Tağı. Protesters carried placards saying "Death to Israel!" and all speeches were met with a loud "Allahu Akbar!" Hajiagha Nuriyev, chairman of Azerbaijan's unregistered Islamic Party, said that Tağı was "acting on behalf of international Zionism and Armenia".

In 2007 the Azerbaijan Court of Appeals in absentia of the culprits has rejected the appeals request filed by Tağı and editor Sadagatoglu. He was accused of promoting religious hatred and was sentenced to four years in jail by for instigating religious hostility. After 8 months of imprisonment with a presidential pardon, he was released.

He was a member of the Free Writers Union, and regular writer of Alatoran literary magazine.

Death

Rafiq Tağı died on 23 November 2011 by stabbing received on 19 November in a car park near his home. In an interview held just one day prior to his death, Rafiq Tağı stated the attack could be an act of retaliation for the article Iran and the Inevitability of Globalization he had published on 10 November 2011 and in which he criticised Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for "discrediting Islam."

Tağı's family voiced concerns that no one had been held liable for the murder within a week from the event and informed of their intention to sue the Ministry of Health and the chief physician of the clinic where Tağı had died for negligence causing death. In addition, they announced their plans to seek political asylum in one of the Western countries.

On 15 December 2011, the European Parliament passed a resolution in which it condemned the murder of Rafiq Tağı.

Reaction

In Azerbaijan

Investigative journalist and Tağı's fellow columnist Khadija Ismayilova blames the assassination on radical Islamists who are working closely with Iran's secret intelligence.

Whistleblower Elshad Abdullayev believes Ministry of National Security general Akif Chovdarov is responsible for the assassination.

In Iran

The Iranian embassy in Baku denied all allegations that Iran was somehow linked to the assassination and called them "ungrounded."

On his website, ayatollah Mohammad Javad Lankarani, the son of the fatwa-issuing ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani who himself died in 2007, published a statement in which he praised the killers for "sending the reprobate who insulted the prophet to hell" and was assured that Muslim youths would not let "the intrigues of global imperialism and Zionism be carried on."

In this case, the dissident jurist, Mohsen Kadivar, engaged in a heated moral and legal debate over the legitimacy of the Fatwa with the son of the recently deceased Ayatollah. He argued that the Fatwa its extraterritorial enforcement was inhumane, sacrilegious, and unconstitutional.

See also

Bibliography

  • Kadivar, Mohsen. Blasphemy and Apostasy in Islam: Debates in Shi'a Jurisprudence. United Kingdom, Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

References

  1. "Azerbaijani Court Sentences Two Journalists". Radio Free Europe. 2007-05-04.
  2. ^ (in Russian) Rafiq Tağı Dead. Radio Freedom. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. Frances Harrison (2006-11-09). "Iran issues fatwa on Azeri writer". BBC News.
  4. Blasphemy row inflames Azerbaijan. Islamists say journalist who allegedly impugned Islam deserves to die. By Kanan Guluzadeh for IWPR, 2006
  5. (in Russian) Ilham Aliyev Pardons 119 Convicts. 28 December 2007
  6. "Journalist critical of Islam dies four days after being stabbed by attacker - Reporters Without Borders". En.rsf.org. Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  7. (in Russian) Ilgar Rasul. Rafiq Tağı Spoke of Attack Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine. Radio Free Europe. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  8. (in Russian) Rauf Orujov, Rauf Mirgadirov. Iranian Ayatollah Welcomed Murder in Azerbaijan Archived 2011-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. Zerkalo. 29 November 2011.
  9. Rafiq Tağının qətli haqqında Xədicə İsmayılova ilə müsahibə. Gunaz TV.
  10. Another Bomb by Elshad Abdullayev. Azeri.ru. 22 April 2013.
  11. Azeri journalist critical of Iran’s regime, Islamism, dies following stabbing. Washington Post. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  12. (in Persian) Declaration of Ayatollah Hajji Sheikh Mohammad Javad Fazel Lankarani on the Execution of Apostate Rafiq Tağı. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

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